Chapter 40: Half a jade pendant
"Master!" Li Muran's face changed slightly. He had already seen that the one who emitted a strong light was his master, Taoist Zixia, who was flying here very quickly in the flying phoenix and landing in front of Li Muran.
"Greetings to Master!" Li Muran bowed, but felt a little uneasy. He had just killed Senior Brother Mo, and Master appeared here at this moment, which was a coincidence!
Taoist Zixia smiled slightly, looked around, and said in surprise: "That little thief named Mo has been killed by you?"
"Master really knows!" Li Muran was shocked, but he didn't know what his master intended, so he had to pretend to be stupid and stood there without responding.
"Why did you kill him? He is your senior brother after all!" Taoist Zixia said coldly, pointing to the broken storage bag on the ground that was not too late to be put away by Li Muran.
This storage bag has already explained everything, and it will be in vain to cover it up. Li Muran pondered for a while and simply said, "If I don't kill him, he will kill me! Cultivating immortals is originally a battle with the heavens. In order to survive, even the heavens have to fight, let alone humans, let alone people who want to harm themselves! If the disciples are concerned about the righteousness of their fellow disciples and are afraid that what the master sees at this time will be the storage bag left by the disciples!"
When Taoist Zixia heard this, her eyes looked at Li Muran coldly. His eyes were as sharp as a knife, as if they were about to pierce Li Muran's heart, making Li Muran feel chilled.
Suddenly, Taoist Zixia laughed at the sky and said, "Hahaha, it's very good! I didn't expect that you would understand this truth at such a young age!"
"Master, don't blame the disciple?" Li Muran felt a little relieved.
"Of course not a mistake!" Taoist Zixia laughed and said, "You are not those pedantic old stubborn people. Don't you understand the key points! This little thief named Mo dared to secretly face his disciples in front of him, leaving a magnetic powder mark. He really doesn't know how to live or die! This is enough to show that he has evil thoughts about you, and it is natural that you kill him, and he deserves it! Even if Senior Brother Chixia knows about this in the future, he will fight for reason and ensure that you are not punished!"
"Thank you, Master!" Li Muran breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It turned out that the master had already discovered the ambition of the young man surnamed Mo, so everything was easy to explain.
Seeing that Li Muran was still a little confused, Taoist Zixia smiled and said, "You must be strange. Why didn't the teacher expose the true face of the little thief named Mo at the first time?"
Li Muran nodded. He did have this question. With his master Zixia Taoist, he had no need to worry about anything. He could kill Senior Brother Mo for the crime of "intentional misconduct" and clean up the portal.
Taoist Zixia said seriously: "At that time, because my master intended to ask him to come and cause trouble for you!"
"The world of immortal cultivation is not a good place. Such open and secret struggles happen from time to time. This is an excellent opportunity to impress you with the sinister evil of the world of immortal cultivation!"
"If you want to survive in the world of immortal cultivation, it is far from enough to have the talent for cultivation and diligence. You must have the ability to deal with all kinds of threats. Practicing hard all day long for decades is the world of immortal cultivation; this kind of life-and-death conspiracy trap is also part of the world of immortal cultivation! I think you are a talented person, so I intend to take this opportunity to get experience. After all, this kind of experience opportunity at the front line of life and death is not easy to encounter!"
"Of course, my master has been secretly monitoring the little thief named Mo. If you lose to him, my master will immediately rescue him."
"Disciple thanks Master!" Li Muran bowed and said with great sincerity.
Taoist Zixia nodded in praise and said, "But my master didn't expect that he was killed instantly by you before he could take action! With this decisiveness, from today on, my master will be more respectful to you!"
"You have only been practicing for more than a year and have advanced to the middle stage of Qi and meridians, which shows that your qualifications are not bad; today you can decisively start killing thieves, which shows that your mind is extraordinary. With these two points, your future in the world of immortal cultivation is unlimited! You have high expectations for you, so don't let your teacher down!"
"Yes, the disciples must practice diligently and repay the master's cultivation." Li Muran bowed again, and he even began to think that Taoist Zixia was a good master, but he felt in his heart that this matter was far from that simple.
Taoist Zixia seemed to be able to see Li Muran’s thoughts. He smiled and said, “If you are a teacher, you will naturally have the purpose of becoming a teacher. But don’t worry, as long as you practice well in the future and accomplish great things for your teacher, your benefits will inevitably come from the teacher!”
"Yes, I understand!" Li Muran nodded. Taoist Zixia made this clear, and he felt more at ease.
If Taoist Zixia has no purpose, Li Muran could not believe it. There may be some masters in the world of immortal cultivation who have worked hard to cultivate disciples but do not seek rewards, but there are absolutely few. The possibility of encountering him is very small. Moreover, if Taoist Zixia is really that kind of person, it would probably have spread throughout the sect, and the disciples rush to become masters, and it would not be his turn.
"You are a smart person, very good!" said Taoist Zixia. "It is always pleasant to talk to smart people. Just treat the story of the little thief named Mo as never happened. I hope you remember these words that my master said today!"
As Taoist Zixia said, she lit up her feet and turned around and left with Feifeng, and disappeared into the darkness in a moment.
The broken storage bag left by the young man surnamed Mo did not take a second look at the broken storage bag at all. This is not surprising. How could a disciple of the middle stage of Qi and Vein be attracted to the Taoist Zixia in the middle stage of Shenyou? What's more, these relics should be taken over by Li Muran, and he was unwilling to compete with his disciples.
Seeing the figure of Master Zixia Taoist sank into the darkness, Li Muran slowly breathed.
After standing for a while, Li Muran turned his gaze and returned to the surroundings.
"Carry up here first." Li Muran took back the remaining venom gas and trigger mechanisms around the talisman array one by one. These things were all methods he prepared based on the records of the "Stolen Sutra". He could not have expected that it would be useful so soon.
Afterwards, Li Muran looked through the broken storage bag and some of the treasures that fell to the ground.
Almost all elixirs, talismans, talismans, classics, and most spirit stones were destroyed together, and the remaining ones were only a dozen low-level spirit stones and a low-grade talisman sword - this quality talisman sword, which Li Muran looked down on at all. It may have a certain effect when his magic power stagnates during the day, but in the night environment, his magic power flows smoothly and he is skilled in sacrificing talismans. This talisman sword has no effect on him at all.
"There is half a jade pendant!" Li Muran found another treasure. When he saw this semicircular jade pendant, he felt familiar. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately remembered it.
He hurriedly took out half of the jade pendant from his storage bag in his arms, which was also semicircular.
Li Muran put two jade pendants together, and the gaps were intertwined, and it turned out to form a complete round jade pendant.
"So this is a jade talisman for books!" Li Muran looked at it for a while and quickly recognized the origin of the jade pendant.
The jade talisman of calligraphy is also a type of jade talisman, and it is the simplest jade talisman, which is simpler than the sound transmission note.
There is only one document seal on the jade talisman. This jade talisman can be used by unsealing it. Therefore, it is relatively simple to use. Its only function is to store pictures and text information, which is a bit like the Yuanqi talisman storing Yuanqi.
The jade talisman has a more commonly used common name, called jade slips. It is usually a treasure used by high-level monks to record martial arts books. It is also very simple to use. You only need to unseal the seal to see the graphic information stored in it; it is even more convenient to copy. You only need to put a blank jade slip together, cast a spell to unseal the seal of two jade slips, and then inject a magic power. The blank jade slip can copy the information in another jade slip by itself, and it can be completed in a short time.
The beautiful jade used to make jade slips is of great value, so a blank jade slip costs ten low-level spirit stones, which is nothing for high-level monks, but low-level monks rarely use jade slips - ten spirit stones are not a small number for them.
"Senior Brother Xiao's death is indeed related to the Mo surname!" Li Muran said with a stir in his heart.
The two halves of this jade slip come from a young man surnamed Mo; the other one comes from a treasure left by Shusheng Xiao.
Xiao Shusheng carefully designed the suicide note left to Li Muran. Xiao Shusheng and Senior Brother Mo left the sect together, but only Senior Brother Mo returned with injuries, as well as Senior Brother Mo took over the library with injuries, and Junior Brother Mo repeatedly intended to be unfavorable to him. Li Muran linked these things together, and after thinking about it carefully, he roughly understood what was happening.
"Senior Brother Xiao, if you guessed correctly, I accidentally avenged you today!" Li Muran bowed and bowed to the upper hand and sacrificed to Scholar Xiao from afar.
Li Muran believed that it was Xiao Shusheng and Senior Brother Mo who had a fight, and one died and one was injured in the end. Senior Brother Mo did not find the treasure he wanted in Xiao Shusheng's relics, so he strongly demanded to take over the library and find clues to the treasure in the library. Of course, Senior Brother Mo could not find any clues because the suicide note had been discovered by Li Muran first. In the end, Senior Brother Mo suspected that Li Muran was on the head, so he tried to deal with Li Muran - although Senior Brother Mo guessed correctly, he was ultimately seeking death.
"What information is recorded in this jade slip? Why is it divided into two parts? Why are they obtained by Senior Brother Xiao and Senior Brother Mo? Why do they rather kill each other in order to compete for the other half of the jade pendant in their hands?"
Li Muran had more doubts in his heart.
"You can tell if you look!"
Li Muran looked carefully at the jade slips pieced together and said confidently to himself:
"This jade slip is not difficult to repair. You just need to fuse the two halves of the jade pendant and rewrite the seal and portray it coherently. As for the information recorded in the jade slip, it should not be lost."
Chapter completed!